by ccvadmin | Jul 3, 2020 | News
Daily Word of Grace # 79 (July 3, 2020) One of the deepest needs we have is the need to belong. Our entire lives we need to know we belong—not only where we belong and also more importantly, to whom we belong. This goes from the infants’ need to belong to their...
by ccvadmin | Jul 2, 2020 | News
Daily Word of Grace # 78 (July 2, 2020) In Herman Melville’s 1851 magnum opus, Moby Dick, he describes the deranged Captain Ahab’s myopic focus on killing the famed white whale this way: “All that most maddens and torments; all that stirs up the lees of things; all...
by ccvadmin | Jul 1, 2020 | News
Daily Word of Grace # 77 (July 1, 2020) In a particularly hilarious episode of the classic television comedy The Office the neurotic Dwight K. Shrute finally has his dream come true and is named Acting Manager of the Scranton, Pennsylvania branch of the fictitious...
by ccvadmin | Jun 30, 2020 | News
Daily Word of Grace # 76 (June 30, 2020) One of Jesus’s teachings about the Holy Spirit is darkly funny at the outset: “Is there anyone among you who, if your child asks for a fish, will give a snake instead of a fish? Or if the child asks for an egg, will give a...
by ccvadmin | Jun 29, 2020 | News
Daily Word of Grace # 75 (June 29, 2020) Although Led Zeppelin is not known for their love songs as much as their iconic rock classics, one of my favorite of their songs is “Thank You” from Led Zeppelin II (1969), a beautiful song about the steadfastness of love. ...
by ccvadmin | Jun 26, 2020 | News
Daily Word of Grace # 74 (June 26, 2020) One of the greatest quarterbacks in NFL history is the legendary Joe Montana, who led the San Francisco 49’ers to four Super Bowl titles. In addition to his prolific statistics and his ability to come through in the clutch...
by ccvadmin | Jun 25, 2020 | News
Daily Word of Grace # 73 (June 25, 2020) On his final album, Double Fantasy (1980), John Lennon has a lullaby entitled “Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)” that he wrote for his son Sean: “Close your eyes, have no fear. The monster’s gone, he’s on the run and your daddy’s...
by ccvadmin | Jun 24, 2020 | News
Daily Word of Grace # 72 (June 24, 2020) In his riveting 1997 book The Perfect Storm Sebastian Junger recounts the tragic story of the Andrea Gail a commercial fishing vessel lost during “the perfect storm” in the North Atlantic during the fall of 1991. Near the end...
by ccvadmin | Jun 23, 2020 | News
Daily Word of Grace # 71 (June 23, 2020) One of the often overlooked attributes of Jesus is his gentleness. Perhaps this is because we live in a world in which gentleness is often absent, in which gentleness is deemed less important than being assertive. And yet...
by ccvadmin | Jun 22, 2020 | News
Daily Word of Grace #70 (June 22, 2020) In the Old Testament the Lord commanded Moses to instruct the priests to proclaim the following blessing over Israel: “The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face to shine upon you, and be gracious to you; the Lord...
